Etiquette in a B&M casino

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So as to not hijack the thread about the clock I pulled this out.
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To be quite honest, too much time is wasted playing B&M with staredowns. If you had a minute to decide, I dont see why needing one more minute would be quite enough time. Before going to b&m, the most time for a decision with stars with the additional 40 second clock. tilt and party gave no extra time and they spread 5K games. So bottom line, I dont see anything wrong with calling a clock after 60 seconds.

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This line of thinking causes a lot of problems these days. This is an online player. Takes how they do things online and decides they should apply to B&M. B&M cardrooms existed long before the internet and have their own established customs. To suggest they should change to be like online is at the root of a lot of problems the older players ahve with the younger players.

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I think this a fair point, but I would also consider that:

1) In my SSNL experience, the biggest staredown offenders are younger players. So, I'm not sure the gratuitous staredown is a B&M institution, though provision for extensive decision time is. What these players asking to stop may be new abuse of a longstanding custom.

2) To the extent that younger players with internet experience comprise a substantial part of a cardroom's clientele, their voice should be heard in establishing both policies and customs. The established B&M players don't own the cardrooms, and so there is no special reason that the rooms should operate as they want rather than as a new customer segment wants.